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Since late December, 2019, when retiring editor-in-chief of Christianity Today Mark Galli published his infamous “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” editorial, there’s been a great deal of buzz in…

During the 1990s, the anti-abortion movement advocated for incremental policies that made abortion increasingly difficult to access. Since 2017, the movement has pivoted to launching a direct legislative assault in the states aimed at Roe.

In right-wing circles, theories about cultural Marxism in the era of Trumpism come entangled with other anti-Semitic theories, often arguing that George Soros and a shadowy “globalist” cabal are working to dissolve national borders and sovereignty into a totalitarian-communist “New World Order.”

In the rare instances when courts roll back Christian privilege, the cries of persecution are swift. But parity is not oppression. And the erosion of unwarranted privilege is not persecution; it is the steady march toward equality.

When you center abortion at the cost of all other issues, you center the unborn whose lives are supposedly at stake. The unborn become angels who must be protected at all costs, which means the rest of us—the born and bodied—are of secondary concern at best.

As America reels from the exposure of a massive child sexual abuse scandal in the Southern Baptist Convention, we should pause to take stock of the culpability of the broader conservative, mostly white evangelical subculture.

If you’re seeking justice or vindication of your religious freedom, this Supreme Court has just said non-Christians need not apply.

Questioning federal nominees on religion has been decried as a violation of the Constitution’s ban on religious tests. But not only does it do nothing of the kind, there’s good reason to think Article VI actually requires these questions.

While the issues are piling up, the Supreme Court—and U.S. society more broadly—will have to face the questions ducked in Masterpiece Cakeshop, or else be willing to settle for a level of uncertainty that serves no one.

Given the institutional backing and the generous rhetoric, many well-intentioned people will consider signing on. But before they do, there are a few things they might consider.